Angie Powers

Angie Powers has an M.F.A. in English and Creative Writing from Mills College, where she won the Amanda Davis Thesis Award for her novel, The Blessed. She also has a Certificate in Screenwriting from the Professional Programs at UCLA. She is the co-director and co-writer of the short Little Mutinies (distributed by Frameline and an official selection of the Palm Springs International Short Fest) and was a quarter-finalist for the Nicholl Fellowship and at Blue Cat Screenplay Competition for the full-length screenplay of Little Mutinies. She’s twice made it into the second round of consideration for Sundance Labs and is a Cinestory semi-finalist this year. She also wrote and directed the short Hot Date, which premiered at Frameline. She is currently finishing a new novel and a short film.

Take Survey, Win Month-long Coaching Package

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The Book Writing World is about to open the doors to our first fall quarter. This is going to be an exciting term and we’d love to get your insight and ideas. As a thank you for taking our short survey, we will enter your name to win a month-long coaching-package with me, Elizabeth Stark. In addition, every single person who takes it will be invited to a private group coaching conference with me. Winner will be picked Wednesday at midnight Pacific Time and announced Thursday.

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Traditional v. Self-Publishing: A Talk Among Writers

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Two folks who’ve been members of the Book Writing World join us to talk about their experiences. Sharon Sayler has been traditionally published and self-published in non-fiction. Anjuelle Floyd has published fiction both ways. These days, writers have to promote their own work–through readings, media appearances, videos and, well, any way they can think of

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Parents Who Write: In Person Meet-up on Monday

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On Monday, Sept. 6, from 3:30 – 5 p.m. at Totland Park in North Berkeley (an enclosed kids’ playground appropriate for babies, toddlers and, on occasion, some big kids, too), the Book Writing World will host the first Parents Who Write gathering. We will start a conversation about setting and keeping small goals, getting support, nurturing the writing along with the kids . . .

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What Writers Need to Know About Body Language: to Wow an Audience at Your Reading or to Nail Dialog in Your Book

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On Thursday, Sept. 2, 6:05 p.m. – 7 p.m. Pacific Time (9:05 – 10 p.m. Eastern), author Sharon Sayler will lead a presentation and discussion of how to apply her body language know-how to our public work as writers–which is to say as readers and discussants of our own work. This event is open to the public. Please NOTE down the date and time and JOIN OUR MAILING LIST NOW and before the event, we will send you a link to the talk, which will take place through video conferencing over the web.

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Michelle Richmond’s Secrets: Our Video Interview on the Writing Life

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Michelle Richmond is a wonderful writer, and you can tell just hanging out with her that she, like Charlotte, is also a good friend. In any case, she was so much fun to talk with we didn’t want to leave. Plus her books are the kind you can’t put down. I remember tearing through The Year of Fog with two tiny babies demanding my attention–and I couldn’t stop reading! That’s a handy skill to have as a writer in these days of short attention spans and overly crowded channels of communication. Here’s our VIDEO INTERVIEW with Michelle Richmond.

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Underrated Writers: A Conversation

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What we noticed right away about The Huffington Post’s List of Overrated Writers was that, unusually for these lists that circulate (100 Best Writers, 50 Best Books), this disparaging list included women, people of color and even gay people. Small wonder that icon status would be awarded only to be torn asunder. The article’s author offer to come up with an Underrated Authors list, but we decided not to wait.

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Winners, Writers, Plot

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The Book Writing World is here to support your writing success, from helping you figure out your best way of writing a book to preparing your for publication and beyond. (My youngest is running around flying Buzz Lightyear, jumping him off the couch, shouting, “To infinity and beyond!”) We work with folks writing books, whether novels, memoirs and narrative non-fiction. We’ve got a few academic books happening here as well. The marathon book writing process we share creates a tight and supportive community who are setting goals, getting motivated and writing books. Here’s the news and notes from the Book Writing World this week and coming up!

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Rabih Alameddine: The Hakawati (Learn It, Be It, Win It)

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“Hakawati” means “storyteller” and although Rabih Alameddine makes a distinction in this interview between writing a novel and writing a story, he does both masterfully in his spellbinding book The Hakawati. Here’s our in-depth interview about writing and the writing life, momentum, mastery and marketing. And if you comment you might win a book!

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